There’s not much left for Cody Rhodes to do. He and Randy Orton are teasing an inevitable confrontation, but the fact of the matter is, since beating John Cena at SummerSlam, Cody Rhodes has been waiting for someone to beat him. There’s nothing technically wrong with being a dominant champion, waiting for a worthy competitor, and it’s a reality of any non-scripted sport, but this is scripted entertainment, and -to quote Tom Petty- “The waiting is the hardest part.”

Rollins is in a similar situation, though we all know his eventual downfall will come at the hands of CM Punk. It doesn’t change the fact that Rollins is also stuck in an all-too-familiar holding pattern. I know that part of the charm of his Money In The Bank cash-in was celebrating 10 years of Seth Rollins being, well, Seth Rollins, but that doesn’t change the fact that WWE has basically been “The Seth Rollins Show” for the better part of 10 years, and it’s in holding patterns like this when his schtick starts wearing extra-thin.

Both champions are stuck in the MLB playoff/NFL season oblivion, where WWE is afraid to do anything, lest the regular public be elsewhere, watching real sports, and thus the aforementioned holding patterns. The two men had a great match on Saturday, but there are only so many insane moves one can do to hide the fact that they aren’t going anywhere until probably April.